>> Saturday, September 22, 2007

Mississippi State hosts Boiling Spring's own Gardner-Webb tonight at Scott Field at MSU. It doesn't matter who we play or when it is....I always get my normal pre-game nervousness, and that is the case right now.

Hot is the weather word through Sunday even though Fall officially arrives at 5:51am.

In the tropics, I am watching a tropical wave that will cross the Yucatan Peninsula tonight and then emerge into the Gulf of Mexico. That one bears watching for any signs of developement.

Tropical Depression 10 i now a completely tropical system....in other words, it now has a warm core and not a cold core. At any rate, this will scrape along the western Florida panhandle coastline this evening and the Alabama and Mississippi coasts tonight into Saturday morning. Winds will not be a big problem with this system. The main threats will be heavy rain and spin-off tornadoes in parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

TD 10 could strengthen slightly in Tropical Storm Jerry, but again, the main threats will be rain and tornadoes.

Subtropical Depression 10 has formed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. This system is weak, and will probably remain relatively so until landfall. There is the chance this could become Jerry prior to landfall however.

>> Thursday, September 20, 2007

A quick late-afternoon note here on our low pressure in the Gulf. A recon plane has been inspecting the system, and the highest wind gust they have found was a whopping 16 knots. So, we still do not have a classified tropical or subtropical system, and it appears the system still has a lot of organizing to do.

Whatever this system develops into will head generally west-northwest toward the central Gulf coast. At this point, rain looks to be the biggest concern wherever this makes landfall, but we will keep a close eye on it.

>> Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Due to a couple of dirrerenft reasons, I was not able to post as I normally would earlier today. My time is currently limitied, but I wanted to put a quick note out there that I am closely watching what will probably become 'Jerry' in the Gulf. At this point, we are dealing with a sprawling upper air low, but a low level center will likely form within the next 24 hours, and there is really nothing in the surrounding environment that will impede development. So, in other words, the system is really only battling itself in order to get things cranking. Once it improves structurally, it should be off to the races.

All interests from the Alabama coastline westward through the Texas coast need to closely monitor the progress of this system, and of course, I will have plenty of thoughts and updates for you here as this system organizes. Stay tuned....